1972 LOTUS EUROPA is available now at classified from Car and Classic Classifieds

Tue, Jun 20th, 2023

Vehicle overview
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Colour Red
Mileage 0
Gearbox unlisted
Fuel unlisted

Infomation
- Type
- Engine Size 1.0l
- Registration
- MOT
- Service History
- Mileage 0
- Colour Red
- Gearbox Unlisted
- Fuel Type Unlisted

Description

Under Colin Chapman, Lotus was nothing if not innovative and the Europa was a prize example of the company’s art.

Built to follow Chapman's philosophy of automotive design: "Simplify, then add lightness", the Europa was the company’s first mid-engined road car design and used a lightweight, folded and welded "minimalist" boxed-steel backbone chassis with a fibreglass moulded body, a combination that was first used in the 1962 Elan.

Unlike the Elan, the Europa had no front-mounted engine or gearbox to accommodate, and so the main chassis member ran straight forward to intersect a large box-section cross-beam running across the car between the front suspension points – a simple yet wonderfully balanced piece of engineering.